{"version":1,"id":"jp","name":"Japan","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/jp/","count":2,"totals":{"reports":2,"arrested":0,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":0,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":2,"raid":0,"arrest":0,"prosecution":0,"sentence":0,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-04-02","reports":[{"id":"japan-record-cannabis-investigations-2026","code":"CET-EGWYA3","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/japan-record-cannabis-investigations-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/EGWYA3/","date":"2026-04-02","country":"jp","country_name":"Japan","place":null,"coordinates":[37.461,137.66],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Japan records its highest number of cannabis investigations","summary":"Police investigated a record 6,832 people for cannabis offences in 2025, 754 more than the year before, the National Police Agency said on 2 April 2026.[@1] About 700 were pursued under the new offence of use, and 1,373 were under 20, the highest since 1990.[@1] More than 40% of those under 30 said they had bought cannabis through apps such as X and Telegram, and police seized 315 kg of…","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"japan-record-cannabis-investigations-2026","sources":[{"title":"Cannabis-related police investigations hit record high in Japan last year","url":"https://mugglehead.com/cannabis-related-police-investigations-skyrocketed-in-japan-last-year/","publisher":"Mugglehead","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"japan-record-cannabis-seizure-2025","code":"CET-MA339Q","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/japan-record-cannabis-seizure-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/MA339Q/","date":"2025-08-13","country":"jp","country_name":"Japan","place":null,"coordinates":[37.461,137.66],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Japan seizes a record tonne of cannabis hidden in a container","summary":"Narcotics agents said on 13 August 2025 that they had seized 1.046 tonnes of dried cannabis, worth about 5.2 billion yen on the street, from a shipping container that had left Vietnam in May and arrived in Japan in June.[@1] It was the largest single seizure of any illegal drug in Japan, and more than twice the 452 kg of herbal cannabis recorded across the country in 2024.[@1]","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"japan-record-cannabis-seizure-2025","sources":[{"title":"Record 1 ton of cannabis, worth $35 mil., seized in Japan","url":"https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/59168","publisher":"Kyodo News","date":null,"archived":null}]}]}